A contestant on “Top Chef: Houston” in 2022, Shanti was previously nominated for the James Beard Rising Star Chef award.

A t Georgia’s Fort Mountain State Park, a historical marker erected in the 1960s tells of a mysterious race of “moon-eyed” people that are said to have occupied Appalachia until they were ...

Living deep in the Appalachian mountains can be lonely ... and decreased access to mental health treatment may have pushed some people to self-medicate with drugs or alcohol.